Curated category
Life-death-rebirth gods
- JesusVirtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically. This consensus stands firm despite the challenge posed by the Gospels…
- OdinThe reconstructed Proto-Germanic theonym Wōðanaz translates to lord of frenzy or leader of the possessed. This root adjective wōðaz means possessed…
- DionysusClay tablets unearthed at Pylos in the twelfth or thirteenth century BC bear the inscription di-wo-nu-so. This Mycenaean Greek form appears twice on…
- OsirisThe first evidence of the worship of Osiris appears in the middle of the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt during the 25th century BC.
- KrishnaAround 180 BCE, the Indo-Greek king Agathocles issued coinage in Ai-Khanoum, Afghanistan, bearing images of deities now interpreted as related to Vaisnava…
- BaldrThe Old Norse name Baldr means brave or defiant, yet also lord and prince. This theonym stems from Proto-Germanic *Balðraz, which translates to hero or…
- KhepriThe name Khepri appeared in the Pyramid texts, often accompanied by a scarab hieroglyph to clarify its meaning. This ancient Egyptian verb, written as ́hprj…
- AdonisThe name Adonis comes from a Canaanite word meaning lord. This single term connects the Greek god to ancient Near Eastern traditions stretching back…